Lotte Motz
Lotte Motz (born August 16, 1922 in Vienna ; died December 24, 1997 ) was an Austrian-American Anglic, German and Scandinavian Medievalist . Motz researched and published in particular on questions of Germanic mythology and religion in connection with other Indo-European cultures.
Life
Motz, born Lotte Edlis, fled with her family from the German Reich to the United States in 1941. At Stanford University and at the University of Wisconsin , she studied German language and literature as well as Germanic philology, including the old English language and literature, and received her PhD. phil. In 1955 she accepted a lectureship in Old English at Oxford University . She later moved to the City University of New York for a professorship for older German and English languages and literature until her retirement in 1984.
literature
- Wilhelm Heizmann , Rudolf Simek (eds.): Mythological women: studies in memory of Lotte Motz 1922 - 1997 . In: Studia medievalia septentrionalia 7. Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-900538-73-5 .
- Herbert Edlis, Anna Motz, Rudolf Simek: Lotte Motz . In: Saga-Book 25 (1998-2001) pp. 217-218
- Claudia Wurzinger: Motz, Lotte. In: Brigitta Keintzel, Ilse Korotin (ed.): Scientists in and from Austria. Life - work - work. Böhlau, Vienna / Cologne / Weimar 2002, ISBN 3-205-99467-1 , p. 523f.
Web links
- Literature by and about Lotte Motz in the catalog of the German National Library
- Motz publications in the OPAC of the Regesta imperii
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Motz, Lotte |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American medievalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 16, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 24, 1997 |